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April 23, 2016

The Tribune-Review Editorial Board Complains (Climate Science, EXXON and the CEI)

From today's Trib:
The question of collusion, supposedly by climate-change “deniers” and industry “exploiters,” is more appropriately directed to the Democrat attorneys general in their United for Clean Power campaign. Emails reveal that prior to the AGs' announced initiative, they received briefings from environmental activists.
Um, guys?

First, you got the name wrong.  While at the news conference in March:
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today joined Attorneys General from across the nation to announce an unprecedented coalition of top law enforcement officials committed to aggressively protecting and building upon the recent progress the United States has made in combatting climate change.
There was a sign on the podium that read:

 
It's not like that's the name of the plan.  In fact, as far as I can tell, if you google "United for Clean Power" you get a small non-partisan DC lobbying firm.

It's a tiny point, granted, but for a newspaper to give out information that's that misleading, is probably a mistake.

So let's move on.  What is it that this AG coalition doing?

From the NYAG:
The participating states are exploring working together on key climate change-related initiatives, such as ongoing and potential investigations into whether fossil fuel companies misled investors and the public on the impact of climate change on their businesses.
That's what the braintrust is looking to spin into a "silence-the-skeptics crusade" - Fraud, pure and simple.

We've already written about the fraud part - about how Exxon knew, as far back as the late 70s, that the science was true and yet misled the public in order to scoop up more profits.

But the braintrust is taking a different approach today.  They're calling out the hidden communication between the AGs and some climate scientists - using the sticky word "collusion" to describe it.

Interesting that they'd be looking for backroom connections - all while hoping (I surmise) that no one will notice their own connections to this very story.

It's in this paragraph:
So while some state AGs demand that ExxonMobil come clean on any climate-change deception — which ExxonMobil denies — and the U.S. Virgin Islands subpoenas the Competitive Enterprise Institute for its global-warming critiques...
That would be the same Competitive Enterprise Institute mentioned numerous times by the Trib over it's "climate" reporting.  And that would also be the same Competitive Enterprise Institute that's accepted close to $4 million from foundations controlled by the former owner of the Tribune-Review.

If the alleged fraud was perpetrated by Exxon to fund the CEI for its science denial, what about all that money given to it by Scaife and company?  Was that part of the alleged fraud as well?

I guess now we know why they're struggling to spin this into a "silence-the-skeptics" story rather than what it is: a "fraud for profits" story.

3 comments:

Social Justice NPC Anti-Paladin™ said...

fossil fuel companies misled investors and the public on the impact of climate change on their businesses.
No, Dayvoe you are trying to spin a Government witch hunt and silencing campaign.

Competitive Enterprise Institute is not a fossil fuel companies with investors.
The CEI Subpoena Cannot Stand
http://blog.simplejustice.us/2016/04/08/the-cei-subpoena-cannot-stand/
this is a frontal assault on the First Amendment. There is no gloss of feigned rationalization that can explain away why CEI’s right to think, to speak, to advocate, could conceivably be criminal, could conceivably be a legitimate target of a government subpoena. And the government really doesn’t give a damn about its flagrantly unconstitutional purpose. ... The spin-blame is clear: disagree with Walker, not to mention the other 16 attorneys general, and they will come after you. Pollute people’s minds with ideas and information that challenges theirs and they will use the power of their offices to make your life miserable, to impose as great a burden on you as their powers allow. If you do not think as they do, you are dishonest.

Funny ungodly progressives believe that Government agencies have the absolute right to privacy. But a private nonprofit corporation does not the right to any privacy.

BTW, I have been told by the consensus that Venus is the example of what Earth will become with catastrophic anthropogenic climate change.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaway_climate_change
So this science is WRONG as Venus can not have a cold layer due to the greenhouse effect.
Strange Layer of Venus Surprisingly Cold
http://www.space.com/17850-venus-atmosphere-cold-layer.html

Social Justice NPC Anti-Paladin™ said...

Dayvoe flawless logic shared by the AGs United for Clean Power
"Competitive Enterprise Institute that's accepted close to $4 million from foundations controlled by the former owner of the Tribune-Review." means it is guilt of Fraud.


http://dailysignal.com/2016/04/22/victim-of-ags-climate-change-inquisition-fights-back/

Ol' Froth said...

The depths of your ignorance on climate on earth is almost matched by your dearth of knowledge on Venusian climate.